The Bump Stops Here

"I bear responsibility for everything--to some degree."

(Note: We'll be off tomorrow, returning Wednesday.) Republicans have been sharply critical of President Obama for this exchange in an interview with Steve Kroft of CBS's "60 Minutes":

Kroft: Have the events that took place in the Middle East, the recent events in the Middle East given you any pause about your support for the governments that have come to power following the Arab Spring? Obama: Well, I'd said even at the time that this is going to be a rocky path. The question presumes that somehow we could have stopped this wave of change. I think it was absolutely the right thing for us to do to...